Purina Cat Litter Reviews
We tested 1 Purina product, priced from $15.49. Purina Tidy Cats scored highest at 7.9/10 (tested Feb 28, 2026), built for easy grocery-store replenishment.
Every score below comes from the same dust, clumping, odor, tracking and value tests we run on every brand, updated through Feb 28, 2026.
Purina sells cat litter under the Tidy Cats name, and Purina itself belongs to Nestlé. The shelf is full of Tidy Cats variants, which is where buyers go wrong: they assume the variant on sale performs like the one they liked last year. We have measured one of them, the clumping clay bag, so the numbers on this page describe that bag and nothing else in the range.
Purina Tidy Cats scored 7.9 out of 10 overall. It costs $15.49 a bag, $0.44 a pound and $0.39 a day to run, and that price is the reason to buy it. Clumping came in at 7.2 with 62 percent of clumps surviving our drop test, which means a fair number break when you scoop. Odor scored 7.5, respectable for a budget clay.
Dust is where it falls down. 0.50mg per pour, scored 5.8 out of 10, with tracking at 5.9. This is a grocery-run litter for a household that scoops daily and does not mind sweeping. We ran it for 60 days across 4 cats in 2 homes and finished testing on Feb 28, 2026.
5 Things to Know Before You Buy Purina
- 1.Purina belongs to Nestlé, and Tidy Cats is the litter line it sells. Everything on this page comes from our test of the clumping clay bag, not from the wider Tidy Cats shelf.
- 2.The price is the argument. $15.49 a bag, $0.44 a pound, $0.39 a day. It scored 8.2 out of 10 on value, its strongest score.
- 3.Clumps break. Clumping scored 7.2 out of 10 and 62 percent of clumps survived our drop test, so expect crumbs at the bottom of the box between full changes.
- 4.Dust is heavy for a modern clay. We weighed 0.50mg per pour and scored it 5.8 out of 10. Dr. Elsey’s Ultra reads 0.03mg for $5.50 more a bag.
- 5.Ammonia was not measured on this bag. We have no ppm readings for Tidy Cats, so we will not tell you how long the box holds. Odor scored 7.5 out of 10 on our testers’ noses alone.
Every Purina Product We Tested
A grocery-store staple with broad availability, lots of variants, and okay overall performance without excelling anywhere specific.
Ranked by overall score, highest first, across the 1 Purina product we tested.
Purina FAQ
Is Purina Tidy Cats any good?
For the money, yes. It scored 7.9 out of 10 overall, and its 8.2 value score is the best thing about it. It clumps well enough at 7.2 and controls odor at 7.5. What it does not do is stay clean: 0.50mg of dust per pour and a 5.9 tracking score.
How much does Tidy Cats cost to run?
$0.39 a day on our figures, from a $15.49 bag at $0.44 a pound. That puts it among the cheaper litters we have costed, though Arm & Hammer Super Scoop runs cheaper still at $0.35 a day.
Is Tidy Cats a good multi-cat litter?
It survived a 4-cat, 2-home run over 60 days, but the numbers argue against it for a busy box. Clumps break at a 62 percent survival rate, so scooping leaves more behind, and a box that gets more traffic gets rebuilt sooner.
Purrify - the additive we use in our own homes
Activated carbon you add to the litter you already buy. We have used it in our own homes for years, and with dozens of friends and family. You can keep your existing base litter.
Read our Purrify guide to picking a litter for odor control.
- Activated carbon, sold in bags
- 5.0 Google rating
- Stocked in 40+ pet stores across Canada